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Prime Time News Circus in India

Have you heard about Minesh Parbat? Thirty six year old Indian origin UK citizen recently got a seven year jail term because he crashed his car in a fence at 1.40 am on March 9th last year. The accident resulted in death of his then girlfriend ( a mother of two) due...

People are ideas

I happened to watch (I agree rather late) "Saving Mr. Banks" yesterday. I had of course heard of the movie as such, especially with the 'no mention of Emma Thomson' in the Oscars and the usual Hollywood blahs. But the fact that the movie is such a masterpiece had...

Adventure is out there

In fierce opposition, we find meaning. Bombarded with doubts and questions, mind works overtime under duress to figure who he is. Or if my feminist friends feel challenged, then yes who she is. In the last three sentences itself a conflict of sorts is created. The...

With great responsibility comes great power

I miss Lucknow. I miss everything about it. Those long boring slow evenings where a cup of chai lasted hours with me. Those frantic calls from my dad alluring me with promises of hot pakoras and my husband with whiskey only to hop on and join for dinner. But most I...

Not a martyr, but my hero

For every child, his or her mother is a champ. A hero in her own stead. So was mine. But having lost her to a sudden attack of brain hemorrhage, I found myself in a phase where she became more of a martyr than a hero for me. She was no longer my hero. She was my...